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Politely Close all open windows - 6/13/2007 8:37:07 AM

Rischip

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'Author Rischip
'Home page [link=http://www.thegrimlinker.com]www.thegrimlinker.com[/link]
'This script closes all open windows on the workstation
'The script does not forcefully close applications 
'therefore you will get a Save dialog on text editor apps and the like
'before they close
'This script requires Microsoft Word to be installed on your computer

On Error Resume Next

'check to ensure running under wscript
'if we are not it would be possible 
'for the script to kill itself in the 
'command window that cscript would have open
'if we are cool, if not relaunch under wscript

If Not LCase(Right(Wscript.FullName, 11)) = "wscript.exe" Then
  Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
  objShell.Run "Wscript.exe " & WScript.ScriptFullName , 0, False
  WScript.quit
End If

'create Word object
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'get collection of open windows 
Set colTasks = objWord.Tasks
'enumerate open windows
'checking for visibility
'verify task is not program manager
'otherwise you will get the logoff/shutdown/restart window

for each objTask in colTasks
  If objTask.Visible Then
       If Not objTask.Name = "Program Manager" then
          colTasks(objTask.Name).Close
      End If
  End If
  
next

objWord.Quit

< Message edited by Rischip -- 6/14/2007 6:28:00 AM >

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RE: Politely Close all open windows - 6/14/2007 1:53:32 AM

ebgreen

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Very handy.

This chunk:

If Not LCase(Right(Wscript.FullName, 11)) = "wscript.exe" Then
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
objShell.Run WScript.ScriptFullName , 0, False
WScript.quit
End If

would re-run the script with whatever the default engine is for that user. In my case, the default engine is CSCript. This means that it would essentially just keep killing itself and starting over. Instead then you should probably have it explicitly run itself with WSCript.exe.

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RE: Politely Close all open windows - 6/14/2007 5:52:17 AM

Rischip

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Yeah my mistake, I posted it before I fixed it.

Ok, it's fixed.

< Message edited by Rischip -- 6/14/2007 6:30:11 AM >

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RE: Politely Close all open windows - 6/15/2007 5:10:57 AM

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Works like a charm!

And personaly I like the fact that it doesn't requires WMI so that I can run it on my w98++ machine.

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RE: Politely Close all open windows - 6/15/2007 11:37:29 AM

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If you're interested in seeing what else can be done with the word document regarding processes check this article out: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/office/tasks.mspx

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